Lando Calrissian's Millennium Falcon.

[noelbarnes]

Bandai's newish Lando's Falcon is a beautiful model. I decided to light it with a single nano SMD for the cockpit and a light strip for the engine. I painted it in modules and assembled it once painted. Primed with Tamiya Grey Primer, the model was then pre-shaded with flat black Tamiya acrylic. Tamiya's white acrylic followed in a random, patchy application. Although Lando's Falcon was new and clean...it still had a bit of weathering. If you look at the images on starwars.com you will see what I mean. After a coat of Tamiya Gloss clear coat I added the kit decals. I didn't add all of the smaller items, but used a few applications of Micro Sol and Set to get them to sit properly. Tamiya Grey panel line wash was then used for the panel lines and detailed areas. Some areas received a black wash, which brought out some of the deeper and dirtier areas. After another coat of clear Oil Paints,mixed to a light grey, were stippled across the surface to break up the white and the blue markings. Black was then blended in various areas for grime and streaking. The base was flower arranging foam cut to shape , covered in wall filler, airbrushed, drybrushed and then glued to a box frame. I am very happy with the result. Another great kit from Bandai that's "got it where it counts". 

 

[Pete in Lincs]

Nice one Noel. Great paint and a good action pose too.

[Kitchen Modeller]

Very nice work. You did really well with the weathering- subtle and not too in your face. Great base and pose too. Well done!

[Dermo245]

Lovely work on this one Noel and the, display looks great  really dynamic pose.

Weathering is very subtle too.

Who do your get your lighting bits from?

Cheers,

Dermot

[noelbarnes]

On 11/3/2018 at 11:25 PM, Dermo245 said:

Lovely work on this one Noel and the, display looks great  really dynamic pose.

Weathering is very subtle too.

Who do your get your lighting bits from?

Cheers,

Dermot

Hi Dermot. Thanks for your comments. I don't have any lighting sources readily available to me where I live,  so get most of my stuff from Ebay. Some bits and pieces , like the nano SMDs, aren't easy to get except direct from the suppliers. Modeltrainsoftware.com is a good source for the specialist stuff, but it is a bit costly as it comes from America. I live in Australia and shipping sometimes doubles the price of the item. I tend to make up all the lighting units myself, but you can get pre-wired stuff which saves time. I am not sure what the situation is like in Ireland, but the "Net" is a great help to us modellers. Hope that helps.